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In this photo courtesy of Katherine Delgado shows her step-father Luis Manuel Aviles, left, and her brother Joshua Aviles stand outside their home in Oct. 2025, shortly before Joshua deployed on the USS Lincoln the following month in Key West, Fla. (Katherine Delgado via the AP)

He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him.

August 24, 2026 at 10:15 a.m.

Luis Manuel Aviles’ arrest comes as the Trump administration rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, detaining at least dozens of parents and spouses...

FILE – Trees sway in high winds as the Eaton Fire burns structures Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

Utility’s idle transmission tower caused 2025 Eaton fire that killed 19, Los Angeles officials say

August 4, 2026 at 3:50 p.m.

Sparks from an idle transmission tower owned by Southern California Edison caused the 2025 Eaton fire in the Los Angeles area that killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,400...

Iran players walk onto the field a day before their World Cup match against New Zealand on Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Iranian Americans plan protests and watch parties ahead of team’s World Cup opener

June 15, 2026 at 11:47 a.m.

Many in the diaspora have mixed feelings over how to show their support of the Iranian people — but not the government — through their love of soccer.

Dr. Zahra Shokri Varniab poses for a photo Friday, May 1, 2026, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting

May 8, 2026 at 8:31 a.m.

Libyan Dr. Faysal Alghoula must renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana, but hasn’t been able to since the Trump administration stopped reviewing...

A law enforcement officer sets up police tape near an address connected to Cole Tomas Allen, the shooting suspect at the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25, 2026, in Torrance, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Accused White House correspondents’ dinner attacker is tutor and computer programmer from California

April 27, 2026 at 6:19 a.m.

Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested Saturday in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner show he is a highly educated tutor and amateur...

This still photo taken from video and provided by the FBI shows Ryan Wedding a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder facing charges related to drug trafficking and the killing of a federal witness is taken off a plane at Ontario International Airport in Ontario, Calif. on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (FBI via AP)

Ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to running a drug smuggling ring

January 26, 2026 at 5:44 p.m.

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive made his first appearance in federal court on Monday.

ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Garrison Gibson is arrested by federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Immigrants often don’t open the door to ICE, but that may no longer stop officers

January 23, 2026 at 6:26 a.m.

An internal ICE memo obtained by The Associated Press states immigration officers can forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant.

In this June 29, 2019, file photo, Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs delivers to an Athletics batter in Anaheim, Calif. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

Family of late pitcher Tyler Skaggs settles lawsuit with Los Angeles Angels over fatal overdose

December 19, 2025 at 6:23 p.m.

The Los Angeles Angels reached a confidential settlement Friday in a lawsuit over the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.

Mathew Bowyer, a Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani, arrives at federal court for sentencing on Aug. 29, 2025, in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter sentenced to just over a year

August 29, 2025 at 1:13 p.m.

A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison.

A U.S Marine guards a federal building, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Marines take over some security in LA while cities across US prep for ‘No Kings’ rallies on Saturday

June 13, 2025 at 7:11 p.m.

After a week of protests over federal immigration raids, about 200 Marines moved into Los Angeles on Friday to guard a federal building in the city while communities across the...

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